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Bilal's Stand
2010 film Written and Directed by Sultan Sharrief starring Julian Gant, Sabrina Wallace and Chelsea O'Connor. It is a full-length narrative feature film that debuted at Sundance and has since gone on to over a dozen festivals, has won several awards, and is the inspiration behind the national “Take A Stand” campaign.

Plot
Bilal – a Muslim high school senior in Detroit – works long hours to keep up both his grades and his family’s long-owned taxi stand. “The Stand” has been the family’s social and financial hub for sixty years, and now Bilal is destined to carry the torch. Yet despite a series of setbacks at home, Bilal secretly submits a college application and takes up ice carving in order to win a scholarship. Now he is forced to decide whether to continue running The Stand – the only life he has ever known – or take a chance at social mobility. Based on a true story, Bilal’s Stand radiates warmth, humor, and originality. In depicting a struggle that is all too common today, the film captures the emotion and authenticity on issues rarely brought together on screen.